Surname Hrešć in modern Croatia

Hrešć families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. According to some sources they are from Ludbreg or Preloga. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Hrešć live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Prelog (15), Ludbreg (15), Zagreb (10), Mursko Sredisce (10), and in Popovaca in Kutina area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Austria (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Hrešć (including: Hresc , Hrescic , Hreschak , Hresch and Hreschuk ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Hresc " is used by few people in the United States. "Hresch " is used by few people in Australia and few people in the United States. "Hreschak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Hrešć, Marija Hrešć, Krunoslav Hrešć, Josip Hrešć, Goran Hrešć, Dejan Hrešć, Marijan Hrešć, Kristijan Hrešć, Ivana Hrešć, Dragutin Hrešć, Zdenko Hrešć, Nada Hrešć, Ružica Hrešć, Ivan Hrešć, Zoran Hrešć, Nikolina Hrešć, Mario Hrešć, Zvonko Hrešć, Stanko Hrešć

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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